Teaching software testing: automatic grading meets test-first coding

Authors:
Stephen H. Edwards
Affiliations:
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Venue:
OOPSLA '03 Companion of the 18th annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming, systems, languages, and applications
Year:
2003

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Abstract

A new approach to teaching software testing is proposed: students use test-driven development on programming assignments, and an automated grading tool assesses their testing performance and provides feedback. The basics of the approach, screenshots of the sytem, and a discussion of industrial tool use for grading Java programs are discussed.